Krieg und Kunst im antiken Griechenland und Rom Heldentum, Identität, Herrschaft, Ideologie

Images of war in Greek and Roman art reveal much more than the mere veneration of victory and glory. This book examines ancient Greek and Roman sculpture and memorials to reveal the ambivalent motivating forces that underlie the violence of war to this day: individual heroism, political identity, un...

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Main Author: Hölscher, Tonio
Format: eBook
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2019
Series:Münchner Vorlesungen zu Antiken Welten
Subjects:
War
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Summary:Images of war in Greek and Roman art reveal much more than the mere veneration of victory and glory. This book examines ancient Greek and Roman sculpture and memorials to reveal the ambivalent motivating forces that underlie the violence of war to this day: individual heroism, political identity, universal rule, and imperial ideology.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (374 p.)
ISBN:9783110549508;9783110558012;9783110549683
9783110549683